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Table 1 Characteristics of migraine patients and healthy controls

From: Aggression and its association with suicidality in migraine patients: a case-control study

Characteristics

Mean ± SD (range) or number (%)

P value*

Migraine patients

Healthy controls

(n = 144)

(n = 144)

Age, years

37.5 ± 13.2 (20–64)

38.2 ± 12.0 (20–64)

0.642

Gender, female

117 (81.3)

115 (79.9)

0.882

Education, years

13.8 ± 2.5 (6–18)

14.1 ± 2.3 (6–18)

0.242

Employment, yes

63 (43.8)

74 (51.4)

0.238

Household income,

108 (75.0)

114 (79.2)

0.483

≥3 million KRW/month

BMI

22.4 ± 3.4 (15–35)

22.5 ± 3.1 (15–33)

0.698

Age at onset, years

27.5 ± 11.2 (10–58)

  

Disease duration, years

10.0 ± 8.5 (0.3–42)

  

Type of migraine

 Migraine with aura

15 (10.4)

  

 Migraine without aura

129 (89.6)

  

Migraine chronicity

 EM

88 (61.1)

  

 CM

56 (38.9)

  

Family history of migraine

89 (61.8)

  

MOH

11 (7.6)

  

VAS

7.5 ± 2.3 (0–10)

  

Associated symptoms

 Nausea/vomiting

121 (84.0)

  

 Photophobia

69 (47.9)

  

 Phonophobia

82 (56.9)

  

 Osmophobia

73 (50.7)

  

 Allodynia

29 (20.1)

  

MIDAS, days

23.4 ± 26.3 (0–120)

  

PHQ-9

6.0 ± 4.9 (0–24)

  

GAD-7

4.6 ± 4.5 (0–21)

  

ESS

5.6 ± 4.0 (0–20)

  

ISI

8.1 ± 6.0 (0–26)

  

MINI, suicidality

35 (24.3)

  
  1. KRW Korean Won, BMI Body Mass Index, EM episodic migraine, CM chronic migraine, MOH medication overuse headache, VAS visual analog scale, MIDAS Migraine Disability Assessment Scale, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire-9, GAD-7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, ESS Epworth Sleepiness Scale, ISI Insomnia Severity Index, MINI Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview—Plus Version 5.0.0
  2. *Student’s t-test or chi-squared test was applied